Montfort

[ mont-fert; French mawn-fawr ]

/ ˈmɒnt fərt; French mɔ̃ˈfɔr /

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noun

Si·mon de

[see-mawnduh], /siˈmɔ̃ də/, c1160–1218, French leader of the crusade against the Albigenses.

his son, Simon de, Earl of Leicester, 1208?–65, English soldier and statesman: leader of the Barons' War.

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How to use Montfort in a sentence

She had been preceded by the celebrated Countess de Montfort, in Brittany.
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Montfort experience ought to have reminded me that the decks are always washed by the night watch.
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Montfort himself was at the head of a fourth division, which was either in reserve, or on the right centre.
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It seems more probable that Montfort's right descended straight on Lewes in close proximity to the centre.
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Montfort was at Hereford, trying to quiet the disordered marches of Wales, the king and prince Edward with him.
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British Dictionary definitions for Montfort

Montfort

/ (ˈmɒntfət) /

noun

Simon de, Earl of Leicester. ?1208–65, English soldier, born in Normandy. He led the baronial rebellion against Henry III and ruled England from 1264 to 1265; he was killed at Evesham

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